Metal fish-basket.



C. H. THORN'B'LAUE.

METAL FISH BASKET.

APPLICATiON FILED. JAN. [0. 1916,

Patented Jan. 8, 1918;

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CARL HUGO THORNBIIADE; OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR TO PACIFIC ELEG-TRIC WELDER & MANUFACTURING 60., OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, A CORPORA- TIONor WASHINGTON.

METAL FISH-BASKET.

Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

Application filed January 10, me. Serial No. 71,345.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL Huco THORN- BLADE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of the city of Seattle, county of King, State ofWashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inltletalFish-Baskcts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in baskets, constructed ofmetallic bars,

such, for instance, asare used in the ban dling and treating'of fish.

The object of my invention is to construct a basket along these lines insuch manner that it will have superior strength anddurability, ascompared with baskets of this type constructed in the ordinary manner.The particular features of which my invention consists will behereinafter set forth in the specificatiom'and particularly defined inthe claims;

1n the accompanying drawings I have shown my invention in the form whichis now most preferred by me.

Figure-.1 shows 'in perspective a basket constructed in accordance withmy invention.-

Fig.2 is. a transverse sectional elevation of the same basket.

The basket here shown is one which is composed of a series of flat barsof iron, bent so that each bar extends across the bottom of the basketand to each opposite side. Two sets of such bars are used, theseextending at right angle and together form a grill work. Each bar has asection which is comprised within the bottom of the basket, and two endsections which are comprised within the sides of the basket. The bars 1in the basket illustrated extend across the shorter dimension of thebasket, while the bars 2 extend the longer dimension of the basket.

There is no interweaving of these bars but they are secured to eachother in proper position by welding at their point of crossing, thiswelding being most economically and perfectly performed by the use of anelectric welder.

Horizontal bars 3 extend about the sides of the basket, and aresimilarly joined at their meeting ends and at their point ofintersection with the bars 1 and 2 by welding. Each of the bars 1 and 2at its upper end is offset as shown at 12, this olfset being sutlicientto form a shoulder upon which rests the lower edge of the binding bar 4,which extends around the brim of the basket. This binding bar is alsosecured to the bars 1 and 2 by being electrically welded thereto.

ing it only through the welded joint, in consequence the basket isstronger because of thi feature, and better able to support heavyweights without loosening the welded joints. 1

The bars 1 which extend across the basket in the direction of itsshorter dimension are all entirely within the bars to which they aresecured, with the exception of the binding bar 4, in such cases wherethis binding bar is placed at the inner side of the vertical sections ofthe outer bars. It is of course understood that the binding bar 4 mightbe placed without the vertical sections of these bars if desired, inwhich case the offset 12 would be in opposite direction from that shown.The bars 2 which extend lengthwise the basket, areoutside of or acrossthe transverse bars 1, and inside of the horizontal side bars 3. Abasket of this construction may be made more cheaply than when thebasket is riveted, and at the same time the joints will be stronger andless liable to rust, furthermore baskets for handling fish are subjectedto the action of salt, which gets under the heads of the rivets andeventually loosens the joint. This could not act to loosen a Weldedjoint.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A basket composed of bars forming a metallic grill, the vertical barsof the sides being bent to form laterally off-set sections at theirends, and a binding bar extending 2. A basket composed of bars forming athe vertical bars throughout the entire pemetallic grill, the verticalbars at the sides riphery, the crossing points of the bars bebeing bentto form laterally oflset sections ing secured by welding. 1

at theirends, a binding bar extending about Signed at Seattle,Washington this 21st 5 the brim with 'its lower edge bearing upon day ofDecember 1915. d

the shoulders formed by said offsets, and the horizontal bars at thesides being outside of CARL HUGO THORNBLADE.

